Planning & Environment Manager — Lead Regulatory & Community

Cloncurry Shire Council; Cloncurry Shire; Hybrid; AUD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing

Sick leave

Five weeks annual leave

Leave loading

Monthly RDO

Job summary

Cloncurry Shire Council is seeking an experienced Manager Planning & Environment to join the Infrastructure and Environment team. This role leads planning, environmental health, local laws and waste functions, providing strategic direction and managing a multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidate will oversee statutory obligations, service standards and budgets while fostering strong external relationships with government, industry and the community.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in planning, environmental health or regulatory services.
• Strong knowledge of planning, development assessment, environmental health, local laws and waste management functions.
• Ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation, policies and statutory requirements.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, contractors, budgets and service delivery outcomes.
• Sound regulatory decision-making skills with evidence-based enforcement and fairness.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement across government, industry and community.
• Ability to lead organisational change and foster high performance and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead Council's planning, development assessment, environmental health, local laws, regulatory compliance and waste functions.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership and manage staff and budgets.
• Ensure statutory obligations and service standards are met.
• Coordinate local disaster management as directed by leadership.
• Drive a culture of accountability, transparency and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Regulatory decision-making

Strategic direction

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in planning, environmental health, environmental science, law, public administration or related

Job description

Cloncurry Shire Council is seeking an experienced Manager Planning & Environment to join the Infrastructure and Environment team. This role leads planning, environmental health, local laws and waste functions, providing strategic direction and managing a multidisciplinary team.

The successful candidate will oversee statutory obligations, service standards and budgets while fostering strong external relationships with government, industry and the community.